Manufacture of glass flower-stands



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MANUFACTURE OF GLASS FLOWER STANDS.

No. 362,414. 1 Patented May 3, 1887.

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MANUFACTURE OF GLASS FLOWER STANDS.

No. 362,414. Patented May a, 1887.

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A UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS B. ATTEBBURY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

MANUFACTURE OF GLASS FLOWER-STANDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,414, dated Maya,1887.

Application tiled September 11, 1886. Serial No. 213,297. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown thatl, THOMAS B. ATTERBURY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at,

a suitable support or base, said base and holders being made of glassand pressed in the usual manner, as will more fully appear.

. or plan view of the base or support.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a top Fig. 2 is a side view ofthe base with the flowerholding cups or vases in position for use. Fig.3 is a side view of one of the smaller vases or cups as it comes fromthe mold and before it has been curved or shaped.

- A indicates the glass base in which the cups or vases for holding theflowers are supported, said base being pressed in any well-known mannerand provided with the perforations or cavities B and O, in which the'lower ends of the cups'or vases D and E are inserted.

D is the central cup or vase, which is by preference made larger thanthe cups or vases E, is perfectly straight,and adapted to stand in avertical position in the cavity B.

E are cups or vases made somewhat smaller than the vases D, and adaptedto rest in the cavities 0, formed in the base A. g

The cups or vases D and E are pressed in suitable molds, and may befluted, beaded, or

ornamented in any suitable or desirable malt ner.

The cups or vases E are by preference curved, as shown in Fig. 2, sotheir tops will stand out oraway from the central cup or vase, D; and inorder to produce the curved vases in a cheap and rapid manner I proceedas follows: As before mentioned, the cups or vases are pressed in molds,and after the'cups or vases E have set sufficiently to allow theoperator to remove them from themold they are placed in a snap or othersuitable holding-tool and reheated, and while inthis condition theoperatorinserts a piece of wood or other suitable tool and bends thevase to the proper curvature. The base may be provided with any suitablenumber of cavities or recesses, so that any desired number of vases maybe held therein; but I prefer to make them with four cavities, as shown.The exterior of the base may be ornamented with leavcs,fiowers,scrolls,or flutes, as may be preferred.

The base may be made of glass of any desired color and the vases ofanother color, so that a stand c'an'be readily made up in colors to suitthe taste of the purchaser.

What I claim ,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A bouquet-holder or flower-stand composed of abase, A, a centralvertical vase, D, and a series of curved vases, E, arranged around thecentral vase, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.I

THOMAS E. ATTERBURY.

\Vitnesscs:

D. P. BERG, J SEAM ATTERBURY.

